What Are You Listening To? April 2023

[axolotl]

Sergio Mendes ~ Encanto (2008)



s'ok. not my thing, tho'.

 

[axolotl]

Phil Keaggy ~ The Wind and the Wheat (1987)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Clara Haskil - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 27; Piano Sonata K.280 (1957, 1961)

"In my lifetime I have met three geniuses; Professor Einstein, Winston Churchill, and Clara Haskil. I am not a trained musician but I can only say that her touch was exquisite, her expression wonderful, and her technique extraordinary."

-Charlie Chaplin

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Easy Star All-Stars - Ziggy Stardub (2023)

 

[axolotl]

Joseph LoDuca ~ Brotherhood of the Wolf [Film Soundtrack] (2002)

 

[axolotl]

Contriva ~ If You Had Stayed (2003)

 

[axolotl]

Drunk ~ To Corner Wounds (1998)



Slowcore, Alt-Country, Gothic Country

 

[axolotl]

This. Here. Now.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Monolith Of Phobos (2016)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Kikagaku Moyo - Forest Of Lost Children (2014)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Jethro Tull - RökFlöte (2023)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Les Diamants - Fortune Fools (2005)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Aafje Heynis - Oud-Hollandse Volksliedjes (1966)

Delightful collection of Dutch folk songs performed in sprightly fashion with simple piano accompaniment. Aafje sings as cheerfully as her smile would suggest.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Jethro Tull - RökFlöte (2023)

How was it?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

How was it?

I enjoyed it more than the last one. It's a solid 3.5 or 3.75.

 

[axolotl]

Madredeus ~ O espírito da paz (1994)

 

[axolotl]

Arizona ~ Fameseeker and the Mono [EP] (2007)



Mine is still the only review on RYM for this EP, and that was from 2012.

You can tell it's me because it's by axolotl, and it is almost complete word salad.

Spoiler

After too many listens to count - some end-on-end - this has become my favorite EP of all time. I love the weirdness, the melancholia, the big ol' stupid grin I get after hearing "...Imagining You." This is joyous forget-where-you-are, already-forgot-what-I-was-doing, perfectly-crafted goodness. Life is Great, indeed.

[Please support the fight against hyperbolic hyphen abuse.]

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Just:
Gerry Mulligan - The Original Quartet with Chet Baker

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Now:
Joe Henderson - Relaxin' at Camarillo (1981)

Love Henderson's sound but this is not one I break out too often

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Fuzztones - Lysergic Emanations (1985)